Jennifer B. 🌎

I'm a nerd who loves politics, philosophy, science, nature, & pretty much everyone and everything. Center-left liberal. Pro-free speech and pro-abundance.

[Jennifer B. 🌎 @Jennifuh_B]

@ATRightMovies Almost Famous

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@actingliketommy I also wish we had universal, affordable healthcare for all, but we have to play the cards we were dealt. There's no way Medicare-for-All would pass the Senate at this point, so not making further cuts and even moving things forward is better than the alternative. 2/2

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@actingliketommy If we only have two viable choices, why not vote for the candidate who will do the least amount of damage on this issue?

Republicans recently cut $800 billion from Medicaid, and millions of people will lose insurance. Ossoff didn't vote for that. 1/

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@IsabellaScar2 I have endometriosis, too, so I might still get some pain when I would have had my period, but it's nothing like an actual period.

That said, I do think it's possible that trans women are having real side effects from their hormones, but it's different from a period. 3/3

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@IsabellaScar2 Before a period, estrogen and progesterone fall, so a steady dose of estrogen will be dissimilar to a female cycle.

As someone who's had a hysterectomy for very painful, very heavy periods, I thankfully no longer have cramps like I did with a uterus. 2/

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@andrewboonedog @mattyglesias @cremieuxrecueil People have different moral intuitions, so a significant number of people would likely vote blue for the same reason I would, making it even more important to get over 50%.

David Shor did a nationally representative poll on this, and people voted blue 3:1 or so. 2/2

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@andrewboonedog @mattyglesias @cremieuxrecueil Some people might mistakenly press blue, and others -- like me -- might worry that enough people voted blue to want to save them by getting the number over 50%. It'd be easier to get 50.1% than the 100% you'd need for everyone to live. 1/

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@KonstantinKisin Not sure if you know this, but several generals who worked closely with him warned about his genuinely authoritarian/fascistic tendencies. These aren't hardcore leftists with TDS. Look up what Mattis, Milley, and Kelly have said.

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@KonstantinKisin But what if Trump and his ilk truly do have authoritarian tendencies? I mean, we're talking about someone who tried to overturn an election, someone who said he'd wipe out an entire civilization, and so forth. I could go on and on here. So should we lie about him?

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@RichardHanania They're constantly saying women and liberals are too emotional and not as "logical" as they (think they) are, but then they'll spend two days freaking out over gay dads. Most research says having gay parents is fine, but I guess studies/facts are too gay and feminine for them.

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@TheCinesthetic I like them all, but Eggers is definitely my favorite.

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@TheCinesthetic Dear Zachary

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If you're having a bad day (and even if you're not!), watch this!

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i found this guy on youtube who films his cats with a 1999 sony camcorder and it's the most calming and soothing thing i've ever seen

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@wil_da_beast630 Not a rightist, but my guess is that the people clutching their pearls about it are in the minority. Most people are probably indifferent or mildly approving or disapproving.

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@wil_da_beast630 @JamesSurowiecki My guess is that people who are gung-ho about mass deportation, like you, also tend to support what ICE is doing more than the average person, so the high disapproval number might incude people who disapprove for reasons more than bad tactics. 2/2

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@wil_da_beast630 @JamesSurowiecki Alternately, they might disagree more specifically once they see/realize what mass deportation entails. That might be partially why disapproval of ICE is so high (their tactics and behavior are likely a big part of that, too). 1/

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@grok @wil_da_beast630 Did Gallup release any recent polls on this? Any other high quality polls that asked specific questions?

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@grok @wil_da_beast630 And Ipsos, YouGov, and Pew?

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@grok @wil_da_beast630 How about other recent polls that ask more specific questions about deportation categories and ICE approval?